Max HeyraudIreland’s dance music scene is in rare form right now.
A new wave of artists is pushing boundaries and refusing to sit still. Genre lines are blurring—trance bleeds into techno, folk meets breaks, and house gets roughed up by hardcore edges. What’s emerging is a scene that feels uniquely its own.
This list pulls together 15 standout tracks from across the island, club tools, emotional bangers, and after-hours experiments, all reflecting a scene in full motion.
Evan McGee – Is It Love? [We Are Active]
Evan McGee lands on Belters Only’s We Are Active Records with a colossal, anthemic piano-house cut — so big it even earned a London billboard co-sign from SoundCloud.
KAYCEE – Acid Techno [Planet Techno]
KAYCEE’s latest leaves little to the imagination, titled “Acid Techno,” it does exactly that. Out now on Planet Techno, the track nods to UK legends like Chris Liberator and Dave The Drummer, delivering a no-nonsense dose of peak-time rave energy.
Long Island Sound – Tide [Signs Of Space]
Dublin’s Long Island Sound relaunches their Signs Of Space imprint with “Tide,” a high-octane trance-infused house track built for sprawling open-air festival stages.
CamrinWatsin – Cry Baby (feat. EVALINA) [Robots & Humans]
CamrinWatsin continues his unstoppable run with a new release on Sony’s Robots & Humans, teaming up with EVALINA on a rousing vocal house cut tailor-made for sunny skies and open-air dancefloors.
Kipunji – OMG
Smokey, slow, and sexy, Kipunji delivers just what the doctor ordered as the heat rises. Soul-drenched, funk-laced house from an artist firmly hitting their stride.
AMY101 – Crave The Feeling [ONZE]
AMY101 returns with a hard-bitten, hardcore-adjacent pop-infused techno weapon on ONZE, raw, relentless, and built to rattle big stages in no time.
Le Knight Club – Palm Beat (Infiltrator Regroove)
Barcelona-based Infiltrator returns with a slick techno edit of Le Knight Club, the iconic project from Daft Punk’s Guy-Man and Eric Chedeville. Swingy drums, lush chords, and groove-heavy filter work pay homage while pushing it into peak-time territory.
George Feely – Blue Marble [Unknown To The Unknown]
George Feely pivots from his usual jackin’ house to deliver a retro-tinged electro house groove on the formidable Unknown To The Unknown. With near-Italo rhythms and timeless delivery, this one’s built to age like fine wine.
Shannen Blessing – All I Need
Another self-release adding to Shannen Blessing’s impressive catalogue, this one dives into rumbling, wirey techno layered with redux-smashed vocals for a gritty, haunting vibe.
Dan Ryan – Lagan Love
Dan Ryan fuses Irish folk with breakbeat-driven power in a soaring rework of “Lagan Love.” Ghostly vocals, live strings, and pulsing drums collide in a fresh, emotionally charged take that bridges past and future.
KAJA – Paths [Remote Town Records]
Remote Town presents PATHS, the debut LP from Dublin-born, Malmö-based KAJA. Dreamy synths, dub textures, and organic beats unfold across a meditative landscape, a delicate push-pull of precision and atmosphere that rewards deep listening.
Hello KT [Place: Ireland]
Impossible to pick just one from this 21-track VA curated by Efa O’Neill for New York’s Place label, but Hello KT stands out with a stripped-back, dubby, ghetto groove that hits all the right notes.
Pagan – Everything & More [RAW]
Donegal-born, Dublin-based Pagan returns to Parisian label RAW for their annual summertime VA with a big, bold trance banger, packed with soaring vocals, catchy hooks, and that unmistakable crying-in-the-club passion.
KiiKO – July
KiiKO, the electronic pop duo of Tokyo-born DJ Emmy Shigeta and Irish producer John McDowell, delivers a dreamy drum and bass groove, smooth and mellow, with deep, dubby undertones that drift like waves on a shore.
Rossi. X Jazzy – High On Me [SMDZ label]
Dublin’s Jazzy teams up with rising UK minimal house star Rossi to deliver a deep, luscious house track packed with huge bass, ascending vocals, and the ultimate rolling energy, one of the biggest techy summer rollers around.